Agenda item

The Chairman and Deputy Chairman asked that a reference guide for Members be produced to give a greater understanding and context for their work as corporate parents. It was asked that the guide include a glossary of terms to explain acronyms, and a page of links to legislation that guided the work of the service. Procedural flowcharts should be included to give an understanding of workflows. It was hoped that this would prevent reports being understood in isolation. Further to this Members requested that future reports condense many of the charts of figures to short management overviews.

The Member Development Programme was discussed in the context of increasing member engagement in safeguarding. It was thought that training could be mandated for Members, however the Town Clerk advised that this did not necessarily increase attendance at sessions.